Obligatory new bike pic.....Yeti SB66c

Just picked her up but still recoevering from some fractured ribs so she will have to sit there for another week at least
Lucky to get a good price for my Blur TRc so it did not hurt too much but opted for XT build to save some extra pennies, so looking forward to pointing her at a mountain........
Standard XT build with 2x10 and ICE brakes, 160mm Float and opted for a 100mm Reverb.
Will maybe change the stem to 50mm from 70mm once I have had a proper test ride and will go tubeless once I knacker the tires or if I find they are not doing the job and need replacing.

Steve and Jef - The TRc was a crackin bike but just fancied a change and a little more suspension to play with.
RE the cost, bearing in mind there is no import duty or sales taxes here in HK, the SB66c came to around 3.4k GBP, I sold the TRc (XT/XTR build and in OK condition) for around 1.8k GBP.
Maybe not good to spend my xmas bonus before I get it or if it is even confirmed!

Yeti SBs are so nice (just like this one), i get so excited to ride mine (alu), they look and rides so so well.

Same sentiments as everyone else, 1x10 and 50mm stem. Pedals so well out of the saddle, you can really power up those climbs with no need of the granny ring.

I would also say the bike is a proper handful for "trail" riding at 160mm on the forks. I have lyrik u-turn on mine, just about not ridiculous for general riding when set to 140, DH bike capable @160, haven't got the sb out of its depth yet on high speed, steep, dh rough and i dont generally hang about.

Mine also benefited from reducing the air can volume, it didn't rush through the travel, but was conscious of using all 150mm on trails i dont think should be using 150mm, plus bottomed a little easy on the gaps and drops i like to hit. It now uses the travel sensibly, just about bottoms out on an awkward 4ish ft drop into a compression, all at 25% sag. It still gains speed in rough sections where my old bike would slow down.

Thanks for the feedback.
Currently running 2x10 as I have just come down from 3x10 on my Blur TRc, we do a lot of transitional riding here so I didn't want to go to 1x10 as I just dont think I have the fitness to carry it off, however maybe 1x11 will work
50mm stem was the first thing changed on purchase and currently running the sag at arounbd 25%, will maybe faff around with the suspension a bit more next weekend when I plan to take it on a more technical group ride.
Still getting used to having a 150mm Float up front as I have always used Talas on my two previous bikes, a Blur TRc and an ASR-5 both of which were no slouches climbing up hills, just need to get used to standing up a bit, usually do a lot of climbing as I like to go up and down.

RE the cost, bearing in mind there is no import duty or sales taxes here in HK, the SB66c came to around 3.4k GBP, I sold the TRc (XT/XTR build and in OK condition) for around 1.8k GBP.
Maybe not good to spend my xmas bonus before I get it or if it is even confirmed!

Why didn't you just strip the TRc for bits and sell the frame etc, can't imagine you wouldn't have saved a load of cash, and you could probably have then had the spec you really wanted.

Tom - prefer the brushed ali look as I think it ages better that the black coated stuff.
br - most of the components on the Blur were already between 12-24 months old i.e. frame was mint but everything else was starting to show its age having previously been on earlier bike(s). With the budget I had to spend, and bearing in mind I have a typical local tiger wife monitoring my expediture, I thought selling the Blur complete and buying the XT build was the best road to take.

Its 23k for the carbon frame (Alloy frames also available) minus their standard discount or 10% or more if you can get it!
They also do finishing kits of various spec's, the XT Race kit is 13k and that gets you everything bar some forks, dropper seat post (a Thompson post is supplied with the kit) and pedals.

Dont do CMW enough even though I live on Lantau, but that will change now.